Unlocking Podcasting: The Untold Secret That’s Changing the Media Landscape Forever
So I started my first podcast, called Geek Love Radio (a show title I didn’t know I was stealing from an older defunct podcast). I got myself a Blue Snowball mic and began to record my thoughts and feelings onto MP3. I wrote out scripts, to make sure I made sense, and I would spend hours recording myself, editing the audio on Audacity, every beginning sound editor’s friend, and hoping I didn’t sound like a complete fool.
I had a small, dedicated audience, who didn’t really interact with me, but from what I could tell, kept downloading the show every week. And every week, I’d wear my heart on my sleeve and prepared myself for the inevitable hate mail. Twenty episodes in, a listener sent in my first e-mail and I was elated. It came from a man in Ireland who was enjoying the show but felt that the one man format was a little stilted. I appreciated the constructive criticism and was open to his suggestion of getting a co-host on the show. He suggested himself.
